Avon Old Farms School - Winged Beaver Yearbook (Avon, CT)

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K ,qszewu Grieg W va It HLANDREW GROSSMAN 54 Hall Place 9-3 4, MJ Yonkers 5 New York UL A1zoman12 3 4 Q ,I lf Typrng Edrtor 3 L Managing Edrtor 4 CM Chemistry Club 4 H74-f Community Servrcel 2 4 Cross Country 3 fl., 17N-L, Drnrng Room Committee M ffl' 90 old Key 4 In Z rstory Club 3 4 Secretary 4 0Q,,,,,r,r' ef 5 4 brary Committee 3 4 N ova 4 Edrtor rn Chref 4 'Ant ost Oflicel 2 3 4 rdrng Club 1 2 ftbal 2 3 4 rampolrne 3 znged Beaver 3 4 lgmm mm One of the few srx year men at Avon Andy rs p s sessed of a truly remarkable mmd From his very first year he consistently remamed rn the top three of hrs Lrst He received the highest mark rn the school when he took the National Merit Scholarship Test rn the spring of hrs junior year From the very begrnnrng of hrs stay at Avon Andy demonstrated hrs lrterary skills He joined the Avoman as a mere first former He became the Typing Edrtor of the paper during hrs junior year and the next year stepped up to become the Managing Edrtor second rn command only to the Edrtor rn Chref He won the prize for the finest news artrcle rn 1958 Andy lorned the Winged Beaver durrng hrs junior year and again rn hrs senror year and used hrs lrterary talents for that organrzatron At the same trme he became Edrtor rn Chref of N ova and worked to revrve the lrterary maga zine Hrs skrll at debating as well as writing brought hrm recognrtron as Secretary of the History Club rn hrs senror year For four years he served hrs communrty rn the school post oflice Andy was also able to contribute hrs services further as both lrbrary monitor and lawyer for ,6wf9J7 co the student ourts during hrs last two years at Avon Andy may not be great athletrcally but he possesses a qualrty rn regard to sports whrch makes hrm stand up main qualrty of good sportsmanshrp and firm character Get your Amman: here 5 in i 3 l 6 dl C 7 I AH I ' 1 1 .WY f . 0111-4-I CR Mn, l V I 1 . . s s 1 470 , I , . . , ' , J class, never failing to attain the Honor Roll or Dean's with some of the best. He gives his all, which is the 4+-rms

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HOLLIS JOSEPH GRIFFIN 27 Indum Hzll Road Wznnetka lllmou Hxstory Club 4 Varsxty Swxmmlng 4 Varsxty Tennns 4 Although new at Avon thxs year Holl1s found com paratlvely lxttle dlfliculty nn orlentmg hlmself to an Avontan s way of 11fe One of Avon s mrdwestern rep resentatxves from Wlnnetka Illrnols to be exact Hollrs although reserved always had a good word for Who? Me? everyone Thls fnendllness and smcerlty was much apprecxated by the student body Durnng h1s stay here Hollls became known as a most enthusnastnc book man He was one of Mr Love lands better students and m addltlon was among the more actlve members of the Hxstory Club Hollxs keenest mterest outsxde of the school IS sanlmg On many an occasnon he held an enthralled audience of students wrth hrs tales of the balmy after noons that he had spent Cl'UlSlI1g nn h1s Star Class on the placnd waters of Lake Mxchngan Hollls love for the water naturally led hxm to become a member of Avon s nntramural water polo team Hollls other prlme athletlc lnterest whnle at Avon was tennls In the sprmg he proved himself a valuable addmon to the tennxs team wnth hrs fine court play and sportsmanllke manner 1 9 ' ' ., . , . . . . ' ' 1 9 7 1 s ' ' ' . , . .. 7 7 ., . . . . . . ., - , ., . .. . - a , . .. ..

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NORMAN F HAMPTON 9306 W Parkbzll Drwe Betberda 14 Maryland Wznged Beaver 3 4 Typing Editor 4 Avoman 1 3 4 Library Committee Acolyte 3 4 Gold Key 3 4 Club Football 2 Varsity Football 3 Varslty Swimming 1 Varsity Track 3 4 Lawyer 2 3 4 Tennis 2 History Club 3 Intramural Softball 1 For five years the name of Norman Hampton was a familiar one on the Avon campus His willingness to help and fine talent for conductmg lively conversation did much to help make him become one of the most popular boys in school Norm was able to demonstrate his ability during the meetrngs of the History Club which he attended throughout his junior year Here he contributed much ff' Wow' toward making the debates and discussions run smooth ly and was famous for hrs extemporaneous talks Thrs abilrty resulted too in work on the Avoman and Wznged Beaver For these publicatnons he acted m the capacity of writer and typxst and many were the late edrtlons that came out with his help Nor content with this Norm went on to take an active part in the commumty service program As a chapel acolyte he served at the daily chapel services as a monitor in the ltbrary during study hall periods The Gold Key too profited from his efforts Ever ava1l able to work on emergency and Sunday teas he was often cited for h1s spirit of cooperation and goodwill Norm passed the bar course with Hymg colors and acted as a public defender 1n the student courts Norm s name often appeared on the Honor Roll In the spring of his junior year he achieved the 97th percentile in the National Merit Scholarship Compe tttion an accomplishment which placed him in the top bracket of secondary school students throughout the nation In sports Norm consistently demonstrated fine school spirit He was a member of the varsity swim ming and football teams where he won varsity and yumor varsity letters and participated in varsity track in the spring I 1 ' 7 7 . 3 I Y . . . 1 3, 4 7 1 I l . I . 3 1 . . , . - - , Q Q , . . , while as a member of the Library Committee he acted d l Q ' 1 J ' ' 3 MMQ, . . . . . . ., , , .f't' , I 4 ' . DC A 3 l .. .. ,